Mariné Russo (born January 9, 1980 in

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) is a retired

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player from

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who won the bronze medal at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics with the Argentina national team. Mariné also won two

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(2002 and 2010), four Champions Trophy, the gold medal at the

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and two Pan American Cups. She is affiliated with Quilmes Atletico Club in

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References

The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Confederación Argentina de Hockey
Official site of the Argentine Hockey Confederation *

External links

* 1980 births Living people Argentine female field hockey players Las Leonas players Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in field hockey Argentine people of Italian descent Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games People from Quilmes Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province {{Argentina-Olympic-medalist-stub